Kathlene Ritch BrownSoprano
After graduating from UT with a degree in Music Education, Kathlene moved to New York where she was fortunate to sing with such noted ensembles as the New York Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, and the Vienna Philharmonic. She has sung under the batons of Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez, Andre Previn, Sir Colin Davis, and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. She recently made her solo debut at Avery Fisher Hall with the American Symphony Orchestra in Listz's Dante's Inferno and recorded with them Strauss' Die aegyptische Helena as Hermione opposite Deborah Voigt's Helen. Although she still frequently returns to NYC to perform, she now resides in Austin where she teaches music at St. Andrew's Episcopal School, and sings with such noted ensembles as TEMP and the nationally recognized group Conspirare.
David FarwigBaritone
David Farwig, baritone, is originally from Denver, Colorado and was a member of the premier chorus of the United States Air Force, The Singing Sergeants, for six years in Washington DC and was featured in various performances throughout the United States and Europe. As a concert artist, David has appeared with the National Symphony, the Robert Shaw Festival Singers, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale and Chamber Music Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Carmel Bach Festival, and the Boulder and Ft. Collins Symphonies in Colorado. He was the baritone recipient of the Virginia Best Adams Fellowship in Baroque literature for the 2003 Carmel Bach Festival and is currently the assistant conductor of the Lamont Chorale at the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music where he is completing a master's degree in choral conducting.